#themaddeningscience

I live here now. #amwriting #TheMaddeningScience #homeoffice #writingdesk #WritersLife #writerscommunity https://www.instagram.com/p/Bw0MtqmgJR5/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1g92l3kfsl08q

Day 20 of @missdahlelama's #authorlifemonth photo challenge asks us to reveal our #writingweakness. @gabrielleharbowy would tell you it's my attempts to be too clever with my phrasing. My agent would tell you it's my non-mainstream themes and topic choices. @nightwolf182 would likely tell you I sacrifice plot speed for emotional dumps. Me? I think I work too hard. And it's affecting the quality of what I produce. I am terrified that what momentum and fanbase I've aquired will vanish into the mist if I don't publish-publish-publish. Which is ridiculous, but sort of ingrained in me from both my academic background (publish-or-die mentality), Millennial Burn Out Culture, and my Presbyterian upbringing and family values. I think I also need to hustle so hard to prove to my family that I'm not just "wasting my time on an expensive hobby". Which, you know, no one has actually SAID but I worry they're thinking. Every book I put out is proof that my hard work is valid; and because I don't have the other socially approved Life Milestones to shoe off at family gatherings (dayjob career, spouse, car, house, dog, kid), my books are my only way to proove that I am Doing Worthwhile Things With My Life. Which leads to working All The Time which is Not Healthy. I am determined to work on this mindset this year, and to friggin' RELAX. I do not need to write like I'm running out of time. And I have got this pinned to my desk as a reminder. I just gotta get through these last round of edits of #TheSkylarksSacrifice, and write the first draft of #TheMaddeningScience. Ha ha ha. Totally chill 2019. (2020 will be the Designated Year of Sleep (tm), I swear.) #WritersLife #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram#authorsofinstagram#burnout #burnoutculture https://www.instagram.com/p/BuGvRNPAM6s/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=6srzdbdmeqya

Writing is haaard. It's March 1st, which means its time to dive back into #TheMaddeningScience. I say farewell to the #RegencyEra and hello to #JazzAge #Toronto. #JMFrey #cosplaying #costume #cosplay #JaneAusten #prideandprejudice #tea #quill #regency Dress by @ashleykatryna Photos by @eric.metzloff https://www.instagram.com/p/BueLmKOAG1w/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ta2uud2p0sk6

New year, new short story! A supervillain must return to a life of crime in order to save the life of his stalker. Part One of #TheMaddeningScience is now available on @Wattpad. Link in Bio. https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgwCGkAHjD/?igshid=1i3p5vgo2u2xo

This month's #ReviewofTheMonth is from Linsday of #TrulyBooked. Read the full review at trulybooked.com Find #HeroIsAFourLetterWord at www.jmfrey.net/books or listen to all the short stories for free on my website. #TheOnceAndNowishKing #TheMaddeningScience #justanotherfourletterword #shortatory #shortstorycollection #audiobook #freeaudiobook #freestory #freeshortstory #kingarthur #merlin #tamlin #fairytale #fae #supervillain https://www.instagram.com/p/B0zgcbfA5f-/?igshid=18yf3gebmjs0e

For the next week I'll be posting a link to a free audiobook every day. Today is #TheMaddeningScience from "Hero is a Four Letter Word". A supervillian must return to a life of crime in order to save his stalker. Read by Christopher Herron of Tall Tales TV. Listen to the whole story here: https://youtu.be/UW3CakQlHLA Follow my process blog as I adapt TMS into a full length novel: http://TheMaddeningScience.tumblr.com Buy the book here: https://www.amazon.ca/Hero-Four-Letter-Word-Frey/dp/1937791963 Find all of my audiobooks at: www.jmfrey.net/audiobooks #audiobook #freebook #freeaudiobook #fairytale #JMFrey #listen #NarrativeStorytelling #narration #shortstory #freeshortstory #amwriting #WritingCommunity #WritersofInstagram #authoring #AuthorsofInstagram #bookblr #talltalestv #TheMaddeningScience #supervillain#lovestory https://www.instagram.com/p/Bv1pb1LgoBe/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=b5y8ed27ul30

Day 5 of @missdahlelama's #authorlifemonth photo challenge: #wipaesthetic. For this one I'm focussing on #TheMaddeningScience, a @Toronto based memoir of a former #supervillain. You can follow my #processblog for this book at TheMaddeningScience.tumblr.com . It's a bit slow as I finish edits on my #BiRegencyRomance book, but it will pick up soon! #jmfrey #bookchallenge #AuthorsofInstagram #WritersLife #instagramchallenge #writersofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/Btb5fMIgkyl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=zwfyarnnvhs6